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the president and ceo of general motors, dan ackerson is a known republican is the auto industry working republicans to get support for electric vehicles and if they are, how come they're not more successful? is there an oil lobby on the other side of this? >> certainly the oil industry is very powerful. they are out lobbying but remember 2011, president obama during the state of the union called for increasing that ev tax credit to $10,000 not just making a tax credit but a point of sale refund. so you can get the $10,000 off a volt or a leaf or a tesla at the dealership as opposed to waiting to get it on your tax return but there really hasn't been a big push by auto companies in part for anything because the climate has shifted so much. it is very anti-government spending in general. they're talking about what programs to cut not what programs to add. and the auto companies have not made a real concerted effort to get more funding for evs since the stimulus deal about $2.4 billion for battery plants and electric vehicles.

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